'''Kibil-nâla''' was the [[Dwarvish]] name for the river that ran through [[Lórien]], known to the [[Elves]] as [[Celebrant]] and to [[Men]] as the [[Silverlode]]. It rose in [[Mirrormere]].

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'''Kibil-nâla''' was the [[Dwarvish]] name for the river that ran through [[Lothlórien]], known to the [[Elves]] as [[Celebrant]] and to [[Men]] as the [[Silverlode]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref>

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==Other versions==

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In [[The Peoples of Middle-earth|HoME XII]] (p. 279) this river is given the name '''Zigil-nâd''' instead.

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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

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''[[Kibil]]'' is a word that the Dwarves used for silver, the metal rather than the color (see ''[[zirak]]''). The meaning of the [[Khuzdul]] word ''nâla'' is unknown, but [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] suggested that it might mean "course" or "path", a meaning it would share with Elvish rant. The river's name seems to come originally from the workings of the Dwarves: notes in ''[[The Treason of Isengard]]'' suggest that they discovered silver in the river.

The river's name seems to come originally from the workings of the Dwarves, as they seem to have discovered silver in the river.<ref>{{TI|VIII}}, p. 175</ref>

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==Other versions of the legendarium==

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In the earliest drafts of [[Appendix A]], the river's name was given as '''Zigil-nâd'''.<ref>{{HM|PM}}, pp. 279, 286</ref> Considering the meaning of ''[[zigil]]'', [[Edouard Kloczko]] has proposed that ''Kibil-nâla'' is not the name of the actual river, but only of "the reappearance of the river". He connects ''kibil'' to [[Adûnaic]] ''[[khibil]]'', "spring".<ref>[[Edouard Kloczko]], [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/268 Elfling message 268]</ref> This seems unlikely, as Tolkien explicitly stated: "''Silverlode'' dwarfish [sic] ''Kibilnâla''".<ref>{{TI|Lothlorien}}, p. 241 (note 36)</ref>

In the earliest drafts of Appendix A, the river's name was given as Zigil-nâd.[3] Considering the meaning of zigil, Edouard Kloczko has proposed that Kibil-nâla is not the name of the actual river, but only of "the reappearance of the river". He connects kibil to Adûnaickhibil, "spring".[4] This seems unlikely, as Tolkien explicitly stated: "Silverlode dwarfish [sic] Kibilnâla".[5]